How to Do Everything Ubuntu ® About the Author Jeffrey Orloff is the director of technology and one of the founding members of Safewave, LLC, where he oversees the IT department and security for the iLAND5.com network for kids Through his work with Safewave and the iLAND5.com project, he is actively involved with the Safewave Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that helps promote online safety for kids Jeffrey also has spent over 13 years working with educational technology as a classroom teacher, a technology coordinator with the School District of Palm Beach County, a network administrator for Survivors Charter School, a post-secondary IT instructor for courses including IT security, Windows Server, and GNU/Linux, and as part of an educational software development team About the Technical Editor Since 1995, and under the cover of darkness, Bill Bruns has been a technical editor, working on more than 125 books relating to operating systems, the Internet, web servers, HTML, and Office applications In his day job, he is the webmaster for the Student Center at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (www.siucstudentcenter.org) He is also involved with several other not-for-profit organizations as a stalwart volunteer, always being asked to undertake the challenge of webmaster Over the years, he’s managed all sorts of servers and workstations, and been pleased with the performance of Linux and Ubuntu Bill holds bachelor’s degrees in Telecommunications and English Literature from Indiana University and a Masters of Public Administration from New York University Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies Click here for terms of use How to Do Everything Ubuntu ® Jeffrey T Orloff New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher 0-07-154937-4 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: 0-07-154936-6 All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use names in an editorial fashion only, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark Where such designations appear in this book, they have been printed with initial caps McGraw-Hill eBooks are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums and sales promotions, or for use in corporate training programs For more information, please contact George Hoare, Special Sales, at george_hoare@mcgraw-hill.com or (212) 904-4069 TERMS OF USE This is a copyrighted work and The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc (“McGraw-Hill”) and its licensors reserve all rights in and to the work Use of this work is subject to these terms Except as permitted under the Copyright Act of 1976 and the right to store and retrieve one copy of the work, you may not decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, reproduce, modify, create derivative works based upon, transmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish or sublicense the work or any part of it without McGraw-Hill’s prior consent You may use the work for your own noncommercial and personal use; any other use of the work is strictly prohibited Your right to use the work may be terminated if you fail to comply with these terms THE WORK IS PROVIDED “AS IS.” McGRAW-HILL AND ITS LICENSORS MAKE NO GUARANTEES OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY OR COMPLETENESS OF OR RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED FROM USING THE WORK, INCLUDING ANY INFORMATION THAT CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH THE WORK VIA HYPERLINK OR OTHERWISE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OFMECHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE McGraw-Hill and its licensors not warrant or guarantee that the functions contained in the work will meet your requirements or that its operation will be uninterrupted or error free Neither McGraw-Hill nor its licensors shall be liable to you or anyone else for any inaccuracy, error or omission, regardless of cause, in the work or for any damages resulting therefrom McGraw-Hill has no responsibility for the content of any information accessed through the work Under no circumstances shall McGraw-Hill and/or its licensors be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, punitive, consequential or similar damages that result from the use of or inability to use the work, even if any of them has been advised of the possibility of such damages This limitation of liability shall apply to any claim or cause whatsoever whether such claim or cause arises in contract, tort or otherwise DOI: 10.1036/0071549366 This book is dedicated to my wife, Jackie, and my two children, Priscilla and Jeffrey Thank you for the sacrifices you made while I was working on this book You are what motivates me in everything I This page intentionally left blank Contents at a Glance PART I PART II PART III PART IV PART V Meet Ubuntu Ubunt-Who? Get to Know Ubuntu Exploring the Ubuntu Desktop Make It Personal—Fine-Tune the Look of Ubuntu to Your Taste 17 33 Manage Ubuntu Housekeeping: Update and Maintain Ubuntu Installing Peripherals Beyond the Basics: Install Extra Software Time to Upgrade: Installing New Hardware Keep It Safe—Securing Ubuntu 53 65 75 85 93 Open the Door to OpenOffice The Write Stuff 10 Spread It Out with Calc 11 I’m Impressed 12 All Your Base 13 Drawn to Open Source 111 125 139 149 163 Reach Out 14 Share and Share Alike—Networking Ubuntu 15 Can We Talk? Communications and the Internet 16 Master of Your Domain—Web Design Tools 17 Playing Nice with Windows 175 189 203 215 Having Fun with Ubuntu 18 Fun and Games—Play Games with Ubuntu 231 19 Play that Funky Music—Making the Most of Multimedia 245 20 Get Smart! Using Educational Software 269 vii viii Contents at a Glance PART VI Advanced Ubuntu 21 Coming Out of Your Shell—A Guide 22 to GNU/Linux Shell Commands 281 The Emacs Text Editor 297 A Install Ubuntu 307 Index 321 For more information about this title, click here Contents Acknowledgments xvii Introduction xix PART I Meet Ubuntu CHAPTER Ubunt-Who? Get to Know Ubuntu The Ubuntu Philosophy GNU, Linux, and the Free Software Movement The History of GNU/Linux Enter Ubuntu I Think, Therefore I Promise… Ubuntu’s Release Cycle The Ubuntu Community Contribute Help and Information Community Structure Ubuntu Emerges Welcome to the GNU/Linux Community CHAPTER Exploring the Ubuntu Desktop Get a Copy of Ubuntu Download Ubuntu Burn Your Ubuntu Files Request an Ubuntu CD Buy Ubuntu Run Ubuntu from a Live CD Start It Up! A First Look at the Ubuntu Desktop Environment The Top Bar The Main Screen The Bottom of the Screen Finishing Up with the Live CD 3 10 12 12 13 13 14 16 17 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 29 29 31 ix 314 How to Do Everything: Ubuntu FIGURE A-9 The last chance to change your settings Now you will be taken to the final installation settings screen See Figure A-9 This is your last chance to make any changes to your settings If you agree with everything, then you can click the Install button Otherwise, you can go back and make any necessary changes You may notice that the installation jumps from Step to Step Don’t worry; it seems to be a bug in the installation process Once you have approved the settings and clicked the Install button, you will see a window that shows you the installation process on your computer (see Figure A-10) The progress bar will show you the percentage of the installation that is complete Underneath the progress bar, Ubuntu will keep you informed as to what the current stage of the installation process is running FIGURE A-10 Installing the system New HTDE design / How to Do Everything Ubuntu Linux/Orloff/4936-6/Appendix Appendix FIGURE A-11 Install Ubuntu 315 Restarting Once the installation is complete, you will need to click the Restart Now button (see Figure A-11) Your computer will now begin the process of restarting and booting to Ubuntu for the first time The CD-ROM drawer will now open, and you will be instructed to remove the CD and press ENTER (see Figure A-12) This will complete the process for you After your computer restarts, you will be taken to the login screen, and you can now begin configuring Ubuntu to the way you want it to look and act Congratulations! FIGURE A-12 The final step before Ubuntu installation is complete 316 How to Do Everything: Ubuntu Dual Booting with Windows If you plan to install Ubuntu on a computer that is already running Microsoft Windows, you can have both operating systems run side-by-side in a dual-boot scenario If you are using this option, when the computer is booting, you will be presented with an option of which operating system you wish to boot to Using the arrow keys, you can select your choice and press ENTER If a selection is not made in a timely manner, the computer will boot to the default operating system, which is usually the first one that was installed If you are planning to set up a dual-boot computer, the best way to this is to start up your computer without the CD-ROM in the tray Allow Microsoft Windows to fully boot up, and then insert the CD-ROM in the tray and close the tray The Ubuntu CD has an autorun file that should start up the Ubuntu CD menu shown in Figure A-13 If autorun is disabled, you can start the CD by clicking Start | My Computer and then double-clicking on the CD-ROM drive, which should now have the Ubuntu logo From the Ubuntu CD menu, click the Install Inside Windows button to begin the installation process Note Choosing the dual-boot option will not install Ubuntu over your existing Windows installation The next step in the dual-boot installation process is to define how you wish to set up your Ubuntu operating system Each option presented to you is defined next See Figure A-14 FIGURE A-13 The Ubuntu CD menu New HTDE design / How to Do Everything Ubuntu Linux/Orloff/4936-6/Appendix Appendix FIGURE A-14 Install Ubuntu 317 The Ubuntu setup menu Installation Drive This option allows you to choose which hard drive you wish to install Ubuntu to Drive C: is the default hard drive and is usually the only option you are given You will also be told how much free space is available on this drive, which helps with the next choice you have to make Installation Size Here you can choose how much space, measured in gigabytes (GB), you wish to designate to your Ubuntu operating system The default setting here is 15GB, but can be adjusted to your choosing Desktop Environment This is set to Ubuntu and is the only choice you are given if you are using a standard installation CD Language This option allows you to set the language of your operating system The default is English, but this can be changed to whatever language you prefer 318 How to Do Everything: Ubuntu Username Ubuntu will automatically fill in this space with the Windows username If you wish to change this, delete the existing name and type in the username of your choosing Password Choose the password for your Ubuntu operating system You will need to enter the password twice, the same in both boxes, or you will not be able to continue See the note earlier in this appendix for advice about good password choices Once you have chosen the way you want Ubuntu to be set up, you can click the Install button and begin the installation process See Figure A-15 If for any reason you wish to stop the installation process, click the Cancel button When Ubuntu has finished, you will be asked to restart your computer You have the options of Reboot Now or I Want To Manually Reboot Later See Figure A-16 If you are anxious to start using and configuring Ubuntu, choose the Reboot Now option and then click Finish Your computer will now eject the CD-ROM and restart Keep an eye on the boot process, because you will be asked to choose which operating system you wish to boot When this question appears, use the arrow key to select Ubuntu, and then press ENTER FIGURE A-15 Ubuntu installation New HTDE design / How to Do Everything Ubuntu Linux/Orloff/4936-6/Appendix Appendix FIGURE A-16 Install Ubuntu 319 Completing the Ubuntu setup If you are going to continue to work in Microsoft Windows, you can choose the I Want To Manually Reboot Later option and then click Finish This will keep your Windows session active and allow you to continue in the Windows environment When you next restart the computer, you will be given the option as to which operating system you wish to boot This page intentionally left blank Index A absolute paths, 284 Accelerated Graphics Port See AGP accessibility, login screen, 48 Add/Remove tool, 77–79 Adobe Flash, 244 exporting Impress presentations to, 146 Adobe Shockwave, 244 AGP, 90 airflow, 86 alerts, updates, 56 Alien, 216 antivirus software, installing, 100–103 Art Manager, 30–31 artwork, 12 authentication, 176 awards, B background, changing, 33–36 backing up data, 103–106 See also restoring data Base, 112, 149 creating forms, 156–158 creating queries, 158–159 creating reports, 159–162 creating tables, 152–156 Database Wizard, 150–151 Form Wizard, 156–158 opening a new database, 149–152 Query Wizard, 159 registering a database, 151 Report Wizard, 159–162 Table Wizard, 153–155 Bash shell, 281–282 adding new users, 288–289 case sensitivity, 283 changing directory and file permissions, 289–291 controlling processes, 293–295 copying and moving files, 287–288 directory tree, 284–286 grep command, 291–292 making directories, 286–287 navigating the terminal, 282–284 root directory and subdirectory, 285 searching from, 291–293 shortcuts, 295 system administrator tools, 288–291 Beryl, 50 blanks, 89 blogs, 13 booting Ubuntu, 24–25 dual booting, 215–217 botnet, 94 burning Ubuntu files, 20–21 C Calc, 112, 125–126 adding numbers in rows or columns, 131 alignment, 129 arithmetic, 131–132 background, 129 borders, 129 calculating averages, 131 cell addresses, 127 charts, 134–136 fonts and font effects, 128 formatting, 128–130 321 Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies Click here for terms of use 322 Index Calc (Cont.) resizing rows and columns, 129–130 sorting data, 132–134 starting a new spreadsheet, 126–127 Sum button, 131 toolbars, 126–127 working with Excel files, 136–137 Canonical, Ltd., 15 card slots, 89–91 Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), 213 case, opening, 87–88 CD drives, installing, 88–89 CDs burning Ubuntu files to, 20–21 installation CD, 81 Live CDs, 23–24, 31 playing music from, 250 requesting an Ubuntu CD, 21–22 ripping music from, 246–248 Cedega, 237–240 installing games with, 240–242 TransGaming, 237 Celestia, 271 ClamAv, 103 ClamTk, 100 installing, 101 scanning the computer, 102–103 updating signature files, 101–102 code of conduct, 13 codecs, installing extra, 256 Collins, Richard, 11 communications, 189 e-mail, 195–201 instant messaging, 201–202 community contributing, 12–13 GNU/Linux, 16 help and information, 13 structure, 13–14 components, 77 managing, 78 computer case, opening, 87–88 content filters, 95 See also firewalls cookies, 194 crackers, 5, 66, 94 crontab files, 57 D databases See Base definition files, 100 See also signature files dependency packages, 61 desktop environment, 24, 26–31 changing the background, 33–36 effects, 49–50 fonts, 49 GNOME, 30–31 installing new wallpaper, 36–39 login screen, 46–49 placing icons, 44–45 screensavers, 45–46 themes, 41–44 visual effects, 50 desktop switcher, 29 development, 12 device drivers, defined, 66 finding, 67–71 Device Manager, 91 distributions, distros, documentation, 12, 13 domain names, 204–205 downloading Ubuntu, 18–20 Draw, 112, 163–164 Area, 167 changing colors, 166–167 customizing toolbars, 164 Drawing toolbar, 165–166 flowcharts, 170–171 gradients, 167–168 hot keys, 164 line width, 168–169 screenshots, 169–170 shadows, 167 drivers See device drivers dual booting, 215–217 DVD drives, installing, 88–89 E editor wars, 297, 298 Edubuntu, 14–15, 269, 275–277 Index educational software Celestia, 271 finding in the repositories, 269–270 finding on the Web, 273–274 GCompris, 270–271 GConjugate, 273 KTouch, 271–272 View Your Mind, 272 web apps, 274–275 effects, 49–50 Emacs, 297 buffers, 299, 301 creating new files, 301–302 editing buffer, 299 editing files, 302–304 Emacs window, 298–299 for e-mail, 306 frames, 300 Gnus news reader, 304–305 installing, 298 key bindings, 301 keystrokes, 301 message area, 299 meta key, 301 mode line, 299 point, 300 region, 299 running programs, 302 vs Vi, 298 windows, 300 e-mail, 195–201 and Emacs, 306 emblems, 44–45 encrypting files, 107 Ethernet cards, 177 Ethernet settings, 178–182 Evolution e-mail, 196–201 Ewing, Larry, Excel See Calc; Microsoft Excel exploits, 94 F files, 61–62 adding to your iPod, 264 copying iPod files to your computer, 266–267 323 file extensions, 216 permissions, 289–291 saving, 63 saving and sharing, 123–124 transferring to Ubuntu, 35–36 See also folders FileZilla, 225–227 filters, e-mail, 199 FIRE Linux, 23 Firefox, 190 customizing, 191–195 disabling pop-up blockers, 194 Firestarter, installing, 95–100 firewalls, 94, 95 See also Firestarter firmware, 71 Flash See Adobe Flash folders adding to your iPod, 264 creating, 61–62 Windows shared folders, 184–186 See also files fonts, desktop environment, 49 forums, 15 Free Software Foundation, 71, 274 free software movement, 4–6 fsck, 60 F-Spot, 259–262 FTP, 212–213 G games, 231–233 Cedega, 237–242 GGZ Gaming Zone, 235 GNU/Linux, 242–243 installing from the repositories, 235–236 installing third-party games, 243 multiplayer, 233–235 Nibbles, 233–235 playing in Wine, 236 playing online, 244 SuperTux, 236 TransGaming, 237 ZSNES Emulator, 236 GCompris, 270–271 GConjugate, 273 324 Index gedit, 297 Gnash, 244 GNOME applications, 79 Art Manager, 39–41 desktop environment, 30–31 games, 232–233 GNU, GNU Emacs, 298 GNU/Linux Bash shell, 281–295 community, 16 games, 242–243 history of, 6–8 security, 95 Gnus news reader, 304–305 and e-mail, 306 Gobuntu, 15 governance, 13 graphics inserting in Impress, 144–145 inserting in Writer, 119–122 See also pictures gtkpod, 264, 265 H hackers, 5, 94 hacking, 4, 5, 66 hard disk drives, 88–89 hardware card slots, 89–91 CD, DVD, and hard disk drives, 88–89 identifying what hardware you have, 91 jumpers, 89 opening the computer case, 87–88 selecting, 85–87 hardware support page, 86–87 Hardware4Linux, 87 heat, 86 help and information See also support Home User Restore, 106 HTML, 190, 206, 207 HTTP, 212 hyperlinks, 210–212 I icons, placing on the desktop, 44–45 ifconfig command, 186 IM, 201–202 images finding in the public domain, 121 inserting in documents, 119–122 inserting in web pages, 208–209 See also graphics; pictures Impress, 112, 139 animation, 146 backgrounds, 140 Drawing toolbar, 144 exporting presentations to Flash, 146 Impress window, 142 inserting graphics, 144–145 sizing handles, 143 Slides window, 142 starting a presentation with the Presentation Wizard, 139–142 Tasks window, 143–144 tips for effective presentations, 146–147 transitions, 141, 145 workspace window, 142–143 installation CD, 81 installing antivirus software, 100–103 CD, DVD, and hard disk drives, 88–89 ClamTk, 101 Emacs, 298 extra codecs, 256 Firestarter, 95–100 games, 235–236 modules, 222 music players, 255 OpenOffice.org, 112 peripheral devices, 71–73 Samba, 183–184 software from other sites, 81–84 software with the Add/Remove tool, 77–79 software with the Synaptic Package Manager, 80 themes, 43–44 virtualization software, 218–223 wallpaper, 36–39 web development software, 205–208 Wine, 224–225 Index instant messaging, 201–202 Internet, 189 radio, 255 iPod adding folders and files, 264 connecting with Ubuntu, 263–264 converting OGG files to MP3, 265 copying files to your computer, 266–267 gtkpod, 264, 265 IPv4, 178 IPv6, 178 J Jamendo, 252–253 JavaScript, 208 jumpers, 89 K KDE desktop environment, 30 applications, 79 Device Manager, 91 kernels, keyboard, 66 KompoZer, 205–213 KTouch, 271–272 Kubuntu, 14, 30 L LAMP, 213 launchers See icons Launchpad, 21–22 Lin4Astro, 23 linking to web pages, 210–212 Linux, Linux Bootable Toolbox, 23 Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP), 276 Linux4Kids, 273–274 Live CDs, 23–24, 31 local teams, 14 login screen, 46–49 M Magnatune, 252–253 main component, 77 main screen, 29 maintenance, 59 cleaning partial packages, 60–61 fsck, 60 orphaned packages, 61 residual config packages, 61 malware, 94 Mandela, Nelson, Microsoft Excel, 136–137 Microsoft Office, 111 Microsoft Paint, 163 Microsoft PowerPoint, 139 Microsoft Windows, 215 dual booting, 215–217 shared folders, 184–186 virtual machines, 217–223 Windows Genuine Advantage, 227 See also Wine Microsoft Word, 122–123 modules, installing, 222 mounted drives, 30 mouse, 66 multimedia, 245–246 installing a new music player, 255 Internet radio, 255 iPod, 263–267 music, 246–253 pictures, 259–262 podcasts, 253–254 recording sound and video, 262–263 video, 255–259 multiplayer games, 233–235 multiverse component, 77 music buying online, 252–253 playing from a CD, 250 playing from the library, 250–252 playlists, 251–252 Rhythmbox, 246, 249–255 ripping from a CD, 246–248 Sound Juicer, 246–248 music players, installing, 255 MusicBrainz, 248 MythTV, 267 N network traffic analyzers, 99 networking, 175–178 clients, 176 client/server networks, 176, 177 325 326 Index networking (Cont.) DHCP, 177 DNS, 180–181 dotted decimal, 177 Ethernet cards, 177 Ethernet settings, 178–182 Gateway Address, 180 IP addresses, 177, 178, 180 network-admin, 178 peer-to-peer networks, 176, 177 servers, 176 setting the host name, 181–182 subnet masks, 180 troubleshooting, 186–187 See also Samba news, 13 Gnus news reader, 304–305 news servers, 305 threads, 305 NFS protocol, 182 Nibbles, 233–235 O OGG files, converting to MP3, 265 Ogg Vorbis, 248 online games, 244 OpenOffice.org, 112 Base, 112, 149–162 Calc, 112, 125–137 Draw, 112, 163–171 Impress, 112, 139–147 installing, 112 Math, 112 Writer, 112–124 orphaned packages, 61 overheating, avoiding, 86 P Paint See Draw; Microsoft Paint partial packages, cleaning, 60–61 partitions, 216 patches, security, 53–54 PCI, 90 PCI Express, 90 PEBKAC, 258 Peripheral Computer Interface See PCI peripheral devices finding, 67–71 and GNU/Linux, 66–67 installing, 71–73 overview, 65–66 plug-and-play, 71–72 See also device drivers permissions, 289–291 pharming, 94 philosophy of Ubuntu, 3–4 of Ubuntu developer’s, 9–10 phishing, 94 photos See pictures pictures, 259 editing, 261–262 importing, 259–261 See also graphics; images PID, 294–295 Pidgin, 201–202 ping command, 186 Ping of Death, 186 pirated software, 227 plug-and-play devices, 71–72 See also peripheral devices PNG files, 170 podcasts, 253–254 pop-up blockers, disabling, 194 ports, 89 See also card slots Power button, 28 PowerPoint See Microsoft PowerPoint preinstalled software, 75–77 project teams, 14 public domain images, 121 purchasing Ubuntu, 22–23 R recursive acronyms, relative paths, 284 release cycle, 10–11 remote login, 47 requesting an Ubuntu CD, 21–22 residual config packages, 61 restoring data, 106–107 See also backing up data restricted component, 77 Rhythmbox, 246, 249–255 ripping music from CDs, 246–248 root directory, 58 root user, 58 rootkit, 94 Index S Samba, 182 accessing a Windows shared folder, 184–186 installing, 183–184 SMB protocol, 182 Sasser worm, 54 scanning the computer, 102–103 SchoolForge, 273 Screem, 205, 206 screensavers, 45–46 security best practices, 93–95 encrypting files, 107 login screen, 48 terminology, 94 updates, 53–54 See also backing up data; restoring data SENTRY, 23 Shockwave See Adobe Shockwave Show Desktop button, 29 shutting down a live session, 31 Shuttleworth, Mark, 8–9, 11 signature files, 100 updating, 101–102 slide shows See Impress SMB protocol, 182 social engineering, 94 software antivirus, 100–103 components, 77 educational, 269–277 free software movement, 4–6 installing from other sites, 81–84 installing from Ubuntu installation CD, 81 installing virtualization software, 218–223 installing web development software, 205–208 installing with the Add/Remove tool, 77–79 installing with the Synaptic Package Manager, 80 pirated, 227 preinstalled, 75–77 Sound Converter, 265 Sound Juicer, 246–248 spreadsheets See Calc SQL, 149 Stallman, Richard M., 4–6, 298 Start button, 25 starting up Ubuntu, 24–25 Steele, Guy L., 298 sudo command, 57, 205 SuperTux, 236 support, 12, 13, 18 hardware support page, 86–87 switching desktops, 29 Synaptic Package Manager, 80, 222 T tables, using in web pages, 209–210 TAR files, 43, 82 tarballs, 82 teams, 14 Terminal program, 57–59 text editors, 297–306 themes changing, 41–43 installing new, 43–44 thin clients, 276, 277 Tomlinson, Ray, 195 top bar, 27–28 Totem, 256–259 traceroute command, 186 traffic, analyzing network traffic, 99 transferring files to Ubuntu, 35–36 TransGaming, 237 trash can, 29 Trojan, 94 Tucows, 81 Tux the penguin, U Ubuntu awards won, burning files, 20–21 community, 12–14 developer’s philosophy, 9–10 development of, 8–9 downloading, 18–20 dual booting, 215–217 file extensions, 216 philosophy, 3–4 327 328 Index Ubuntu (Cont.) preinstalled, 18 promise, 17–18 purchasing, 22–23 release cycle, 10–11 running from a Live CD, 23–24 spin-off projects, 14–15 starting up, 24–25 web site, 19 Ubuntu Studio, 267 UbuntuJeOS, 15 universe component, 77 Update Manager, 55–59 updates operating system upgrades, 54–55 security, 53–54 upgrades, 59 See also updates users, login screen, 48–49 V Vi, 297 vs Emacs, 298 video, 255–259 recording sound and, 262–263 video games See games video players, 256–259 View Your Mind, 272 VIM, 297 virtual machines, 217 installing virtualization software, 218–223 VirtualBox, 218–223 viruses, 94 antivirus software, 100–103 visual effects, desktop environment, 50 VMs See virtual machines vulnerabilities, 94 W wallpaper changing, 33–36 installing new, 36–39 Warty Warthog, 9, 11 Web, 189 viewing web pages with Firefox, 190–195 web apps, 274–275 web development software, installing, 205–208 web sites, 203 advanced design, 213 domain names, 204–205 finding a host, 204–205 fonts, 210 hyperlinks, 210–212 inserting images, 208–209 publishing your site, 212–213 using tables, 209–210 web site usability, 204 wikis, defined, 71 Windows See Microsoft Windows Wine, 223–224 installing, 224–225 installing and running programs with, 225–227 playing games in Wine, 236 Wireshark, 99 Word See Microsoft Word; Writer worms, 94 Writer, 112–113 creating new documents, 113–122 formatting, 116–119 inserting graphics, 119–122 opening a Microsoft Word file, 122–123 page layout, 116 saving and sharing files, 123 templates, 114–116 text formatting, 116–119 X Xcfe desktop environment, 30 XORP, 23 Xubuntu, 14, 30 Z zombies, 94 ZSNES Emulator, 236 ... foundation on which to build, the GNOME desktop to give users a friendly interface in which to work, and a strong commitment to freedom Chapter Ubunt-Who? Get to Know Ubuntu To build his new operating... PART V Meet Ubuntu Ubunt-Who? Get to Know Ubuntu Exploring the Ubuntu Desktop Make It Personal—Fine-Tune the Look of Ubuntu to Your Taste... distributions don’t cost anything! Whatever your reason for choosing to learn how to use GNU/Linux, choosing the Ubuntu distribution is one of the wisest decisions you can make How Is Ubuntu Different